Zenaida Quezada-Reyes

quezada@tolerance-net.org

Zenaida Quezada-Reyes took her Doctor of Philosophy with specialization in Philippine Studies at the University of the Philippines in 1993. She finished her Master of Arts in Education with specialization in Educational Administration at the Philippine Normal University in 1987. She also completed her Bachelor in Education, major in Social Science, Magna Cum Laude at the Philippine Normal University in 1978. She had Spanish Language training from the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines and acquired various scholarships in the course of her studies. The scholarship sponsored by the German Foundation for International Development for instance, allowed her to obtain the University Staff Training on Teaching/Learning, Research Management and Quality Assurance Management at the Institute of Sociocultural Studies of the University of Kassel in Witzenhausen, Germany.

Her stint with the university allows her to do the following:

• Serves as lecturer, discussant and facilitator in the different Social Science courses both in the graduate and graduate levels and other schools and universities across the country;

• engages in studies and researches relevant to teacher education, social studies, indigenous people and women studies;

• designs modules for teacher education, local history and teaching of social science courses;

• advises graduate students who are working on their thesis and acts as member of the Panel of Examiners for thesis defense;

• conducts training and workshops for teachers in the field of Social Studies teaching, local government, women studies, human rights (e.g. trainer in human rights in Mongolia, Public Safety Officers in the Philippines, women's group, urban poor, teachers and other professionals);

• evaluates student performance;

• designs curricular and co-curricular projects for students;

• organizes trainings, seminars, conferences and lecture forums.

She was invited as consultant for content and instructional design in Social Studies and local history for secondary school students and has written books in Social Studies for Elementary and Secondary Filipino students. She is a regular contributor of articles and lesson plans in teaching/learning Social Studies in one of the publishing houses in the Philippines.

She has presented papers in both national and international conferences on education. Some of the remarkable papers include " Building a Culture of Peace and Human Rights Among Philippine Public Safety Officers,"International Conference on Human Rights Education in Asia and the Pacific Region in Osaka, Japan, November 23-28, 1998; "Content Analysis of Gender Construction in Asian History Books for Secondary School Students" , Conference on Asian History and Culture, Philippine Science high School, Quezon City 22 April 1998; " Women in Education", Roundtable Discussion on Women and Education, NCC-Women Sector, Philippine Normal University 28 April, 1998; and "A Study of Conflict Resolution Strategies of an Indigenous People of Northern Philippines, 42nd ICET World General Assembly, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, July 3-7, 1995.

She has written articles and researches in doing collaborative research; Filipino women's status and issues and indigenous people in the Philippines.

She is at present the Secretary of the Women Studies Association of the Philippines; member. Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society, Philippine Normal University Honor Society and member and one term board member, Ugnayang Aghamtao (Anthropological Society of the Philippines.

Her main areas of interest include human rights education for women, teachers and indigenous people and teaching/learning the Social Sciences. Her interest on human rights education started when she chaired the women's desk of Amnesty Internal Pilipinas in early 90s and from then on became involved with peace and human rights education until recently with the Institute of People Power and Development of the Benigno Aquino, Sr. Foundation.